Famous quotes containing the words public and/or authority:
“Don’t you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“The faith that stands on authority is not faith.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)